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M 2.9ml

13 km E of Magdalena, New Mexico

· 5.0 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Socorro County 19 kmValencia County 73 kmSierra County 110 kmBernalillo County 113 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Socorro County, 19 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3128 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 34.1015, -107.0968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Socorro County, NM 19 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Socorro County
Valencia County, NM 73 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Valencia County
Sierra County, NM 110 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Bernalillo County, NM 113 km (70 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Bernalillo County
Catron County, NM 121 km (75 mi) E of here earthquakes near Catron County
Torrance County, NM 122 km (76 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Torrance County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.2 16 km ESE of Magdalena, New Mexico
  2. 2.5 13 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
  3. 2.6 10 km W of Socorro, New Mexico
  4. 3.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  5. 2.6 4 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  6. 3.3 2 km SSE of Las Nutrias, New Mexico
  7. 3.0 7 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  8. 2.7 2 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  9. 2.8 16 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  10. 2.6 3 km NW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  11. 2.7 2 km WNW of Abeytas, New Mexico
  12. 3.5 14 km NW of Alamillo, New Mexico
  13. 2.2 2 km SSE of Luis Lopez, New Mexico
  14. 2.6 4 km W of Lemitar, New Mexico
  15. 3.1 5 km ENE of La Joya, New Mexico

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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